Chapter 21

Chapter 21 What Exactly Happened Last Night

As Collin's lips hovered mere inches from Linsey's, his fingers clenched the bedsheets with an intensity that betrayed his inner turmoil.

He inhaled sharply, a desperate attempt to gather his waning self-control, and abruptly sat up.

Linsey, still lost in the depths of her dreams, shifted slightly in response. Her hands, which had been resting on Collin's arm, fell away as she turned to her other side in a soft rustle of sheets.

Collin seized this moment to gently disengage his hand and perched silently on the bed's edge, his breaths quick and

uneven.

The air was thick with her unique perfume, a seductive blend that tugged at his resolve like a siren's song.

Collin wrestled with his self-discipline, which seemed to crumble in her mere presence.

Was her allure so profound?

He had no idea what was happening, but staying wasn't an option. He had to go before he lost himself.

He had to go, and he had to go now.

He left the room swiftly, leaving Linsey in

shower's cold blast was immediate, the water cascading over him, a chilling torrent meant to quench the fire that her proximity had ignited, its streams

slid a hand through his drenched hair, his

rosy lips vividly painted in his memory. The lingering, sweet scent of her seemed

eyes flew open, shock and disbelief

his head, he noticed that he was erect, which deepened the chaos swirling within

be losing his mind? Was he devolving into some kind

the

shrill ring of her phone jerked Linsey awake the next

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threatened to lure her back

her fingers brushing against

at work."

her mind

set this alarm just yesterday after leaving CR Corporation, a stark reminder of the orientation she

throbbing temple, struggling to piece together her hazy

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